In overall computing OS shipments, Linux has surpassed Microsoft a very long time ago. Microsoft embedded OS is a very, very small part of their business. 99% of MS OS business is Desktop and Server OS shipments. I believe they still have a commanding lead in the desktop, but Linux is certainly gaining ground. I'm not sure on servers, but I bet that is a lot closer, with Linux perhaps having a small lead.
Where Microsoft has really lost is in "mind share". Though I've been professionally developing MS apps for 30 years, I'd say less than 25% of my time is spent directly on MS now... typical projects involve Linux app servers, IOS and Android mobile/tablet OS, and lots of Linux-based middleware. What Linux and open source has done is increase the speed of innovation so that the big, monolithic corporations can't keep up. Gerry On Wed, Dec 15, 2010 at 10:24 AM, Benjamin Scott <[email protected]>wrote: > So, while I've been slaving away in the world of corporate IT, it > appears Linux has quietly won the OS war. I just didn't notice. > Linux may already be out-shipping Microsoft Windows. > > Work has me shopping for a large flat panel display for a conference > room. It appears that it is quite difficult, if not impossible, to > buy a TV that is not running Linux internally. Every manufacturer > spec I've seen so far has had a GPL notice pointing to Linux kernel > source code. And while personal computers have certainly much more > pervasive over the years, they've still got nothing on the boob tube. > > -- Ben > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >
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